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..^»/^§§## SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL. ##§§^/»^..
...^»/^§§# SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY, #§§^/»^...
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.....^»/^§ LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED §^/»^.....
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.........^ IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION ^.........
........^» OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES. »^........
.......^»/ GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES /»^.......
......^»/^ IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL ^/»^......
.....^»/^§ BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE §^/»^.....
....^»/^§§ ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE. §§^/»^....
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..^»/^§§## VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON - ##§§^/»^..
.^»/^§§### QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL ###§§^/»^.
..^»/^§§## PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE ##§§^/»^..
...^»/^§§# COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC #§§^/»^...
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.....^»/^§ WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS §^/»^.....
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.........^ COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF ^.........
.......... CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE ..........
.........^ SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT ^.........
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.......^»/ IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK /»^.......
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